Cascadia

This article, published by the Seattle Times, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: “This track was good enough to haul people on the Dinner Train and to haul expensive Boeing fuselages,” said Bruce Agnew, director of the Discovery Institute’s Cascadia Center for Regional Development. “Anybody who says it’s deteriorated to a point where it’s got to be just thrown away Read More ›

The Eastside's only rail line is in the midst of a five-way tug-of-war: Kirkland, Redmond, the Port of Seattle, Sound Transit, King County. Can so many owners ever amount to a whole, functioning transit line? Read More ›

This article, published by HeraldNet, mentions Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: Bruce Agnew, director for the Cascadia Center, a Seattle rail advocacy group, said he plans to lobby the 2013 Legislature for train crossing improvement money. He specifically mentioned the underpass project and possible improvements in Marysville as Snohomish County projects the group would support. The rest of the article Read More ›

This article, published by The Seattle Times, mentions Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: Bruce Agnew of the Cascadia Center of the Discovery Institute wants to keep development options for the Cross-Kirkland Corridor wide open, and that means leaving the BNSF rail tracks in place. Bury them in gravel used on other trails, but avoid demolition. The rest of the article Read More ›

Stronger batteries, lightweight carbon-fiber components and mass production will help electric cars replace the gasoline engine by 2050, technologists said at a conference Friday in Seattle. Read More ›

This article, published by The Seattle Times, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: “The more the merrier,” says Bruce Agnew, a fellow at the pro-rail Cascadia Center in Seattle, part of the Discovery Institute. But, he says, riders understand that a train provides a different experience. The rest of the article can be found here.

This article, published by The Northern Light, quotes Discovery Institute Fellow Bruce Agnew: That was the main message transportation advocate Bruce Agnew drove home at the March 26 Blaine City Council meeting. Agnew is the director of the Cascadia Center for Regional Development, a Seattle-based transportation advocacy group that has been studying what it would take to bring a rail Read More ›